Libya: The prime minister of the country’s UN-backed unity government declared he will not allow foreign troops to enter his country to fight the Islamic State. (AFP)

Nigeria: Christians demanded that authorities do more to protect them after a woman was stabbed to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. (AP)

Sudan: Activists, rights groups and opposition leaders called for pro-regime paramilitary “jihad units” operating on college campuses to be dismantled. (AFP)

AMERICAS

Colombia: The nation’s ex-president criticized the peace agreements reached by the current government and FARC, which he says entail impunity for the guerrillas. (EFE)

Nicaragua: The leftist Sandinista Party nominated President Daniel Ortega to run for a third consecutive presidential term in November. (DW)

ASIA

Bangladesh: Unidentified attackers hacked to death a Christian grocer in the country’s northwest. (AFP)

Bangladesh: Militants shot to death the wife of a police official who is known for battling Islamic extremism. (Reuters)

Vietnam: Security forces detained dozens of activists at protests calling for greater government transparency over a recent spate of mass fish deaths. (AFP)

EUROPE

France: The Seine receded in Paris, but residents in the northern Normandy region are still on alert for flooding. (AFP)

Italy: Polls opened for the first round of local elections with the populist opposition party, the Five Star Movement, expected to see victory in the key race in Rome. (DPA)

Switzerland: Polls opened on a radical proposal of whether the government will begin to provide the entire population with an unconditional basic income. (AFP)

MIDDLE EAST

Region: A boat that shipwrecked in the southern Mediterranean on 03JUN had set sail from Egypt. (Reuters)

Iran: Authorities hanged a 21-year-old man who was convicted of raping dozens of women in the city of Shiraz. (AFP)

Syria: US-backed Syrian rebels advanced within five kilometers of the Islamic State’s positions in the strategic northern town of Manbij. (AFP)

TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

Technology: A Russian IT security company is facing criticism from authorities and the public for developing technology that would allow employers to intercept their employees’ cell phone conversations. (AFP)